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The short answer
3-2 (Range 3, step 2) pays $146,439 a year in Victoria government schools from 1 October 2026. After 2026–27 income tax and Medicare that's about $4,150 a fortnight ($108,258 a year), plus $17,573 employer super. Scheduled rates take it to $152,297 from 1 November 2027.
- Gross pay: about $5,613 a fortnight (annual ÷ 26.089).
- With a HELP debt: about $3,695 a fortnight take-home.
- This is the top of the scale we track for VIC.
- Agreement: Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2026.
Annual salary
$146,439
from 1 October 2026
Take-home a fortnight
$4,150
2026–27 tax, no HELP
Employer super
$17,573
12% a year
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Take-home pay fortnightly
$4,164
Gross pay
$5,632
Income tax
$1,356
After the low income tax offset
Medicare levy
$113
Employer super
$676
12.0% paid on top
Where each dollar goes
- Take-home$108,258 (74%)
- Income tax$35,252 (24%)
- Medicare levy$2,929 (2%)
- HECS-HELP$0 (0%)
- Salary sacrifice & packaging$0 (0%)
After the next scheduled rise (1 November 2027)
3-2 becomes $152,297 full-time.
+$137 /fortnight
What your payslip should show
PAYG withheld each fortnight should be about $1,470 (ATO Scale 2, tax-free threshold claimed). Small differences come from rounding and 27-pay years. Your marginal rate is 39% including Medicare, so each extra $1,000 of salary adds about $610 to take-home.
Estimates for an Australian resident for 2026–27 who claims the tax-free threshold, with no other income, no dependants and private hospital cover not required. Medicare levy uses the 2025–26 low-income thresholds (2026–27 not yet published). Pay data: Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2026, verified 28 October 2026.
3-2 pay after tax
Resident, tax-free threshold claimed, full-time. Marginal rate 39% including Medicare. Your payslip's tax withheld may differ slightly from the year-end figure.
Pro-rata salary, 2026–27 tax, no HELP debt.
3-2 pay over time
Bargaining status: VGSA 2026 approved by the FWC (16 Oct 2026), in operation from 23 Oct; back pay to 10 Aug 2026
3-2 rises to $152,297 from 1 November 2027: about $137 a fortnight more after tax. Any back pay depends on when the rise reaches your pay; work yours out on the VIC pay rise page.
How to reach 3-2
Learning Specialist / Leading Teacher is reached by application or accreditation, not automatic progression. Promotion position by merit selection; usually fixed-term Classroom teachers have 11 subdivisions: Range 1 (1-1 to 1-5) and Range 2 (2-1 to 2-6). You move up one subdivision per annual cycle (1 May to 30 April) after a successful performance and development assessment. It is not automatic, but there is no quota, and you need at least 6 months' eligible service at a subdivision in the cycle. Moving from Range 1 to Range 2 requires meeting the Range 2 standards. Starting salary is 1-1 plus one subdivision for each year of approved experience (including CRT work in Victorian schools since 2005) up to 2-6. Learning Specialist and Leading Teacher (Range 3) are promotion positions, usually fixed-term. From May 2027 VGSA 2026 adds a 1% top-of-range allowance for teachers at 2-6 or 3-2 for 12 months.
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